[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] th >> you are looking live where the bravest of the brave are getting ready to take the plunge hoping to beat last year's total of $2 million raised for special olympics maryland. for a polar bg fit bear. tim tuten is live at sandy point state park for the polar bear

plunge. because of the impending snow in the forecast all school closings and delays are running along the bottom of our screen and the list is growing. right now we go to john collins for a look at conditions at sandy point. how is it going? >> the snow is not here yet but the cold air is in the water and in the air. here is a map. we prepared a lot of information. the numbers in white is the water temperatures which are mid 30's at thomas point light house. mouth of the sever river. and temperature there. in the blue box on the left side is the beach air conditions. and the air is conditioned. 22 degrees is the air temperature. south wind not quite 10 miles an hour so that gives us a wind chill of 13. then you put the people in that cold water and they get out of the water and all of that stuff evaporates on their skin. and that is cold, that is really

cold. tim tuten is all bundled up and he will tell us what is going on at sandy point. >> everything is happening. while we were on the air you saw the beginning of the show they couldn't wait. they said we are going in and young man what was it like? >> it was freezing out there. man. it was fun though. >> for a good cause. >> of course, of course. >> go get some clothes on. we were talking earlier, you saw at the beginning of the show this is the cool school challenge where every year thousands of kids who come down to say we can go in and do this and you watch at the beginning of the show they went in. they are smart kids. they went in without a cue and come back out. we have the great people down here making sure it goes well. this is more than about kids, it is a good cause and we have persons you know who every year come down and plunge.

it is jennifer franciotti out here with me and we are here together. when you see the kids go in whether does it do to you? >> i'm so proud of them. they get so fired up and they say next year we can raise more. >> last year they raised a lot of money and they are coming back next week for their own. >> it is outstanding, outstanding. joe, come over here. this is a man that isn't them into the water. special olympian. joe. how excited are you? >> well, it is too cold. let's go, buddy. >> he sent them in and he wouldn't be standing out here. >> it is all -- we know you are going to be doing this. again, they have already gone in and we have talked about how these cool school kids have gone in and made a difference for

those in need. back to you. >> they should all be very proud of their efforts. if you know someone taking the plunge text a good luck message and we will share as many as we can saturday morning. that is 88509. the other big story the family of a man who died in police custody last september said his death was no accident. an investigation came to a similar conclusion but authorities say there will be no criminal charges against the officers involved. >> i was shocked. i'm flabbergasted by the whole situation. it seems like he's making a mockery of the situation. >> that is the reaction of anthony anderson's family after the state attorney announced no criminal charges will be charge ed. it is around detective tom strohman and two others when anderson died resisting arrest. >> we have concluded from our

investigation that detective strohman did not act with the intent to cause death or serious physical injury to mr. anderson. >> bernstein says an autopsy showed anderson died from blunt force when he fell a ruptured spleen and internal bleeding exacerbated by a preexisting condition. while strohman did cause the death bernstein said the use of force was not excessive. >> we did everything possible to be as thorough and comprehensive as possible in investigating the case and talking to every witness who would be willing to talk to us, examine the forensic evidence and reaching the conclusions we reached. >> earned's family contest the conclusion believing he was racially profiled and bernstein discounted key witness testimony. >> this is like they threw that out the window and taking the police away from what happened and that is not fair. >> we have to make this a federal case. we are not going to stop. we are not standing still on this one.

>> now an update to a story we brought you this morning. a man is in stable condition at a hospital after being struck by an s.u.v. the county sheriff office said he was walking in the area of hampton road in edgewood around 6:30 thursday night and he was originally taken to shock trauma in critical condition. it appears he was not in a crosswalk at the time. the 32-year-old driver remained at the scene. we are told no charges have been filed. a huge surprise for court in today's opening statements in the trial of michael johnson. he's accused of murdering a north carolina teen felicia barnes. plans were revealed to call a surprise witness an acquaintance of michael johnson. prosecutor say he will testify he saw felicia's body on a bed in johnson's department the day she disappeared. this is the first time any such evidence has been mentioned. defense lawyers call the witness a jailhouse snitch who can't be

believed. we will have the latest developments at 11 news at 5:00. defense attorneys for john leopold will make a motion for acquittal today. prosecutors rested their case after a former member of the detail testified he took his concerns to superiors but nothing was ever addressed. to read the latest on the leopold trial and see a full report from barry simms go to www.wbaltv.com and look on news. coming up, a pair of die hard ravens fans get an early wedding present. >> no way. >> what they found inside that envelope around the story that sparked it all. and the nation's smallest state takes on one of its biggest issues. i do interior decorating

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but first. >> campaigning for change. with more on vice president biden's push on the road for gun control. >> yesterday a little snow and today a little more. it is on the way. our insta-weather plus forecast is just ahead. we have cloudy skies. downtown it is 25. b b.w.i.-marshall it is 20 and feels like the teens because of the breeze.

>> it is a strategy that worked for the obama administration in the past. if you can't win over lawmakers win the hartsdz of the voting public. today vice president biden hopes to do that when he travels to virginia to push for gun control

legislation. we have more on the plans as we cover the nation. >> the vice president will be talking with gun safety experts who were called in after the shooting at virginia tech five years ago. >> what would you say -- >> an online google chat was the beginning of baden's p.r. press to-up up support for the white house's recommendations on gun control. >> make your voices heard. this outfit, this town listens when people speak. >> that sentiment pushing the power of the people was echoed by dianne feinstein. >> there is one great hope out there and that is you. >> feinstein is introducing her bill to been high capacity magazine clips and certain assault weapons like the one she displayed but it would allow more than 2,200 types of hunting rifles and shotguns. it won't be an easy sell. >> we believe in our right to defend ourselves and our families with semi automatautom

firearms technology. >> there is opposition to measures and the n.r.a. said the american people know gun bans do not work and we are confident congress will reject senator feinstein's wrong-headed approach. the lobby may be too much for feinstein's legislation, something she openly acknowledged. >> if anyone asked today can you win this, the answer is we don't know. it is so uphill. >> even if the assault weapons ban goes nowhere in congress some groups hope members will pass universal brown checks. a move that may be no are politically pal -- palatable. >> as the vice president heads outs of capitol demonstrators are descending on washington. the march for life is one of the largest anti-abortion ever to hit the capitol.

it comes the same week as the 40th anniversary of roe v wade. protesters call on the supreme court to overturn the decision even though the federal government will not pay for abortions and republicans have passed 135 restrictions in the last two years. >> now will abortion be available. as the states there are so many restrictions passed. >> a new nbc "wall street journal" poll shows 70% want the decision to remain intact. another controversial topic passes the house in rhode island. a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the state received overwhelming support thursday but lawmakers say it could be months before the state senate takes up the bill. the bill has failed every time it has been introduced in the senate. if passed rhode island would be the 10th state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage.

>> we have been talking about it, snow. we don't see think snowflakes over sandy point. the air is dry and the initial band of snow trying to come in is probably evaporating before it hits the ground. eventually we will see it. there is the live view. no snow yet around the bay. let's look at the radar to see what is going on. circle the city here. everything you see echo-wise would be snow. most of it is up in the air and some of the darker bands in carroll county and down here in howard county reaching toward the bay, some of the snow may be coming down as flurries but it is the initial piece of the storm that is edging in right now. it will be hard to get there to come down to the ground until the air becomes a little more saturated. as we go through the afternoon we will see more of this and it will turn a darker green and we

will start to see snow hit the ground and collect. the other factor in our weather has been temperatures. we have been way, way cold. high temperature the past week have been way below average. normal high is 41 or 42. we have a trend here as we go past the weekend and into next week where away warm up at least for a while. but at the moment it is awfully cold out there. most of temperatures are low to mid 20's. mid 20's to the south, low 20's around here and even teens. westminster 18, hagerstown the same. 14 frostburg. here is the satellite picture with this disturbance coming in. it is a combination of snow to the north and farther south ice and a little rain. here is one low pressure center and reaches right into west virginia and does placing that high pressure coming in. it is a storm that is somewhat similar to what came through yesterday. not a lot of moisture with it.

a lot of it is tied up in rain to the south of us. it will behave in a similar fashion. how much snow do we expect? here we are at noon. kind of the gray stage with the cloud cover. actual accumulating snow is to the west. that comes in around 4:30 to 5:00 we begin to see during the rush hour the first of the more significant snow coming in. it is a fast-moving storm. so the fast movement will limit how much we can collect. it is kind of dry and light. by evening, 10:00, it will be over and moving out. we will only have a four or five-hour period to accumulate this light fluffy snow. that could make the pavement like teflon so it could cause slippery driving conditions this afternoon. 19 to 23 the high. we are in that range now so away don't expect it to warm up much more today with all the clouds. light snow in the forecast, we are calling for generally one to

three inches. around the city one to two and close to the maryland line one to three inches with variable winds. here is kind of an estimate of how much snow we can expect with this system. the darker blue shades would be the up to three inches possibility. advisories are out for a winter weather advisory for our entire area around the bay and almost all of the state. winter storm warnings for more significant snow in garrett county. tomorrow it will be cold, near freezing. that is the air temperature. water mid 30's and as we get toward noon the winds will pick up and the chill will be quite a factor. as far as temperatures are concerned i mentioned the warming trend, coldest of the air above freezing will begin to come into the area during the week next week. but our extended forecast keeps us cold into the weekend, only 22 today, 29 tomorrow, with the

snow chance during the rush hour this afternoon and this evening, then dry the rest of the weekend. >> if you are looking for the perfect weekend movie there are a few new releases. we have seen fairy tales turn monster movies and hansel and gretel takes a sinister turn. we have a look at that and others in the box office preview. >> me and my sister, we have a path. we almost died at the hands of a wimp. >> fairy tale characters guess post-traumatic stress disorder in "hansel and greta, witch-hunters. "they turn it into blood lust hunting. but when a group of kids disappear from a village they go after them following a trail of bread crumbs that may lead to a trap. it is rated r.

>> see that kid everybody had spoiled is sick and wrong in movie 43. this comedy has a farrell brother as a producer. it has so many big name stars they all appear in vignettes designed to entertain, shock and sometimes even offend. it is rated r. >> those beautiful people that can't afford it and don't deserve it. >> he is a modern day robin hood in parker. he gets double crossed and left for dead but he survivors the betrayal and looks to even the score in florida where he finds new partner jennifer lopez. they wait for the gang to make a big score before they settle theirs. that is rated r. that is the box office preview. >> up next the maryland lottery pick 3 and pick 4 numbers and another check of the forecast as

we take a live view of sandy point state park.

>> there are the maryland lottery pick 3 and pick 4 thumbs. >> the maryland lottery celebrates purple friday with purple drawings and ravens cash for scratchoff. >> here is the midday pick 3 numbers for purple friday

january 25. kicking off with a three. that is a six. and nine. that makes the pick three numbers three, six, nine. the bonus match five doubler is back. you can double winnings on every play and taxes are paid on top prizes. play bonus match five today. we have the pick 4 numbers. that is a four. eight. nine. and final ball is one. four, eight, nine, one. maryland lottery. let yourself play. >> light snow today dry over the weekend and rain next week. >> those were a lot of words. we will go with it. thanks for journey bei -- joini

us. we show you the polar bear